The premier zoo of the state, Nandankanan, has been recording a regular fall in the number of visitors over the last few years. According to the latest annual report, the number of tourists visiting

After several years, two of the species-- the Eclutus parrot and the blue-yellow macaw-- have laid eggs which, officials say, have a good chance of hatching-- this would be the first time at the zoo.

The man-environment conflict has landed the Rs 50-crore salt manufacturing industry and as many as 3.5 lakh family members of salt-pan workers (agarias) into troubled waters. The agarias working in

Kaziranga National Park is facing an acute financial crisis which has hampered initiation of long-term measures to stop rhino poaching in the area. According to the forest department sources, the

Though killing or trapping of the world famous sangai brow-antlered deer is banned inside the Keibul Lamjao National Park, the only floating wildlife sanctuary in the world, illegal hunting of the

The endangered Olive Ridley Turtles on the Orissa coast appear to be facing a hostile climate before and after their mass nesting (arribada). According to conservationists, the eggs laid by them near

One of the greenest belts around Bhubaneswar, the famous Chandaka Dampara wildlife sanctuary may soon degenerate into the wasteland it was in the early 80s. The government apathy to its maintenance

The brackish water nourishing Bangladesh's Sunderbans supports a refuge for rare species, but their drinking grounds are getting saltier and the world's largest mangrove forest is facing serious

Minister of State for Fisheries Prakash Chandra Debata came in for sharp criticism from wildlife conservation groups for his statement in the Assembly saying that the large-scale deaths of Olive

The Corbett and the Dudhwa tiger reserves have both witnessed multiple tiger poisonings in the recent months, according to the latest newsletter of Tigerlink, a linkage of the people and